Description: An older woman who wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times, she is not a threatening figure. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her first spouse was a Sage, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has wavy white hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Beggar, Lucan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. He has taken up work as a Beggar and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Shifting was born with her mother's beautiful face. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 gp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Oppleby speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Oppleby abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Being a Fletcher kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Amber (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her head has been shaved. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Duvamil was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He is physically well-built. He has wavy red fur. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Half-Plate.